SPICY FRIED FISH

Here is a nice spicy fried fish recipe.
If you are entertaining, you can use a whole pomfret (vavwall)
fish , or slices of Spanish mackerel (vanjaram) fish.


SPICY FRIED FISH

Ingredients:
5 pieces of scad fish (thenga parai)
Little salt
1 tbs garlic paste
1 tbs of ginger paste
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs of red chillie powder

100 grms besan powder
Little curds
Little salt
Little water

Oil for deep frying
Salad leaves, cucumber slices, tomato slices,
Lemon wedges

Method:

Clean the fish, removing the stomach contents, also the gills.
Leave the head and tail intact
Make two slits across the body on both sides.
Apply salt, lemon juice, ginger paste, garlic paste
and chillie powder. Marinate for about 20 minutes.

Now make a slightly watery batter of the besan flour, curds,
salt and water.
Keep the marinated fish dipped in the batter for about 15 minutes.
Now heat the oil in a wok and deep fry the fish, till golden and crisp.

Serve on a bed of salad leaves, with a lemon wedge.
Garnish with cucumber slices and tomato slices.